Reading RK Narayan

I like him, I like him not. That's where I've been with RK Narayan, reading three of his books in succession to help make up my mind.

Book of Thrillers: A quick delightful indulgence

Book: The Blogchatter Book of Thrillers (Anthology - various authors)Genre: ThrillerFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Readomania If you’ve been reading my posts here, you’ll know that short stories are my new-found love. Yeah yeah I know, I’m late to the party, however, I'm well on my way to rectifying the situation. As part of forging a deeper friendship …

The Yogi Witch – Bloodlines and Legacies #BookReview

An LGBTQ coming-of-age book with supernatural elements.

Independence by Chitra Banerjee #BookReview

Though a fast-paced read, Independence fails to live up to the expectations it sets.

Roots by Alex Haley #BookReview

Roots is author Alex Haley’s six-generational family saga.

The Switch by Beth O Leary #BookReview

The Switch traverses the thin line between cute and corny, between engagingly simple and boringly predictable. I can see how it could go either way for a reader. For me, it went the cute way. I liked it despite its very obvious shortcomings.

Annie On My Mind #BookReview

A path-breaking young adult gay romance that'll warm your heart.

Re-reading Austen’s Persuasion

Persuasion has all things typical of an Austen novel; long walks in the countryside, carriage rides and conversations as also balls and dancing. These are the reasons why I keep going back to Austen.

Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel – A travesty of a retelling

In this retelling of the Ramayan the author takes the characters and situations from the epic and weaves a story entirely out of her own imagination till it is barely a retelling at all.

Happy Endings by Suchita Agarwal #BookReview

In this short story collection, the author crafts five short stories with entirely different but equally delightful protagonists grappling with life’s curve balls and coming up winners.